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Israel's President Shimon Peres, left, speaks as CNN's foremost international business correspondent and presenter Richard Quest listens during the Israel Business Conference in Tel Aviv, Israel,Sunday, Dec. 9, 2012. Peres said on Khaled Mashaal's visit to Gaza "He unmasked the real nature of Hamas; a terrorist organization committed to killing and to conquering and opposed to compromise. There is no doubt that his intention is war and murder while the people of Gaza need economic prosperity. Israel faces a choice between Gaza and the West Bank, between Hamas and President Abbas. The alternative to Hamas is Abbas, he is a serious man who has declared himself in favor of peace and compromise, of a demilitarized Palestinian state and against terror. He declared that there wouldn't be a Palestinian state in his hometown of Safed. He is for the two-state solution. We have two clear choices, nobody is perfect but one is right and the other is wrong. We have two choose between Mashaal and Abbas." (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Israel's President Shimon Peres, left, speaks as CNN's foremost international business correspondent and presenter Richard Quest listens during the Israel Business Conference in Tel Aviv, Israel,Sunday, Dec. 9, 2012. Peres said on Khaled Mashaal's visit to Gaza "He unmasked the real nature of Hamas; a terrorist organization committed to killing and to conquering and opposed to compromise. There is no doubt that his intention is war and murder while the people of Gaza need economic prosperity. Israel faces a choice between Gaza and the West Bank, between Hamas and President Abbas. The alternative to Hamas is Abbas, he is a serious man who has declared himself in favor of peace and compromise, of a demilitarized Palestinian state and against terror. He declared that there wouldn't be a Palestinian state in his hometown of Safed. He is for the two-state solution. We have two clear choices, nobody is perfect but one is right and the other is wrong. We have two choose between Mashaal and Abbas." (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)